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Sometimes you just don’t need an oversized travel mug. 16-20 ounces is more coffee than a lot of people want at a time which is why small travel mugs are great to have in your cabinet. For all of those people who only drink a little bit of coffee or for those that only brew a small amount… Read More »

Post Originally Published Sept 2013 – Most Recent Update May 2019 Looking for the best drip coffee makers for your home? You’ve come to the right place. On Top Off My Coffee I pride myself in identifying the best stuff for the money and I’ve gone through painstaking detail to categorize this extremely wide product line to be… Read More »

Yesterday I posted an article titled: How Much Vinegar Does It Take To Clean A Coffee Maker. The short answer depends on how hard your water is and how often you brew coffee. Today I wanted to expand on the frequency side of the equation. How often should you clean a coffee pot with vinegar? The short answer… Read More »

Have you ever tried drinking cold water out of your insulated coffee mug? It’s not enjoyable at all because it always tastes a bit like old coffee. I’ve tried cleaning mine out vigorously and although my mug seems perfectly clean it’s just not comfortable drinking cold drinks out of no matter what I do because I can’t quite… Read More »

No matter what you’re buying if you’re going to be spending your money on anything it’s usually worth it to plunk down a few extra bucks and buy the better option on the table. With insulated travel mugs there’s nothing different. What’s great about buying good travel mugs though is that the best options sometimes have very little… Read More »

I’ve known for a long time now that there is a sizable swath of people out there looking to go plastic free in their day-to-day lives. In many cases it’s almost impossible to buy products that contain no plastic but little by little many of them are finding ways to separate themselves from this ever-present material. What I… Read More »

Yuck! I love my french press and the coffee it produces but no one “enjoys” cleaning it out afterwards. It’s a chore that can easily get quite messy. When I started using a french press I actually almost stopped simply because cleaning it always resulted in a big mess. The only way I could avoid the mess was… Read More »

I love my insulated travel mug(s) but a lot of the time I’m just working in my office sipping on a bit of Joe. When I’m around the house or working I find myself not wanting to use my big travel mug. Even though my travel mug keeps my coffee hotter longer than anything else I own I… Read More »

When I got out of the dorm room in college I finally found myself with a kitchen. It was a first for me and with the kitchen came the sink and counter space and the need for a coffee pot that would last a long time. This was somewhere around 2001 or so and the internet was still… Read More »

In my never ending quest to find the perfect travel mug for Keurig coffee makers I finally decided to do a post comparing the Contigo Aria travel mug with the Contigo West Loop autoseal travel mugs. On first glance they appear almost identical but the Aria and West Loop mugs are different. What got me thinking initially about… Read More »